Attack of the Clone Saga!
As implied when we heard that Ben Reilly, the shockingly well-liked star of Spider-Man’s not-shockingly hated Clone Saga, was returning to the Marvel universe, Reilly’s bringing all his baggage with him and those bags are stuffed full of the mess known as the Clone Saga. Spider-Man: The Clone Saga #1 hits stores this September, written by Tom Defalco and Howard Mackie. Now, it will be a six-issue miniseries, which as Comics Alliance points out, makes it essentially meaningless to the current Spidey tales. Which is probably for the best. Potentially more important is the Marvel solicit itself, which says “Marvel’s most controversial event of all time returns with a vengeance,
presenting the Clone Saga as it was originally intended to be told!”
…huh?
So is this a retelling of the actual Clone Saga, but without all the bullshit? Or is Ben Reilly actually coming back? Is it set back in Spidey’s ’90s, or is it set now, post-One More Day? Does it really matter? I don’t know, and if Marvel’s telling, they ain’t telling me. However, given how many of you guys were actually pro-Ben Reilly in the last article, I’m going to guess you’re tentatively excited about this. Am I right?
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.